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Line 1: {{short description\|Public park in Manhattan, New York}} ~~{{Orphan\|date=May 2011}}~~ {{coord\|40\|50\|48\|N\|73\|56\|29\|W\|display=title}}▼ [[File:~~Jay~~J. Hood Wright Park ~~200x268~~Recreation Center.jpg\|thumb\|right\|J.300px\|The ~~Hood~~Recreation ~~Wright~~Center ~~Park,~~in ~~April 2011\|200px\|alt=~~J. Hood Wright Park]]▼ '''J. Hood Wright Park''' is a park of the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] which is located between [[Fort Washington Avenue\|Fort Washington]] and [[Haven Avenue (Manhattan)\|Haven Avenue]], and between [[173rd Street (Manhattan)\|West 173rd]] and [[176th Street (Manhattan)\|176th]] Streets in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan\|Washington Heights]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The {{convert\|6.7\|acres\|ha}} park includes a playground – which features a model of the nearby [[George Washington Bridge]], which is visible from the park, basketball courts, ballfields, and a recreation center, as well as a dog walk, a cave in the natural rock formations which form the park's western boundary, and an installation of a piece of modern sculpture, "3000 AD Diffussion Piece" by [[Terry Fugate-Wilcox]].<ref name=parks /> ~~{{New unreviewed article\|source=ArticleWizard\|date=April 2011}}~~ ▲[[File:Jay Hood Wright Park 200x268.jpg\|thumb\|right\|J. Hood Wright Park, April 2011\|200px\|alt=J. Hood Wright Park]] The park is named for the man who formerly owned the site, [[James Hood Wright\|J. Hood Wright]] (1836-1894), a banker, financier and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, who lived in a mansion on 175th Street and Haven Avenue. Wright anonymously gave money to convert the local subscription library into a free library which became a branch of the [[New York Public Library]].<ref name=parks> '''J. Hood Wright Park''' is located in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan\|Washington Heights]] at Fort Washington Avenue & Haven Avenue, from West 173 Street to West 176 Street in the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)\|borough]] of [[Manhattan]]. {{cite web \|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/jhoodwrightpark/ \|title=J. Hood Wright Park \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] \|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The city acquired the land by ''[[eminent domain]]'' in 1925, specifically to build a park, which the neighborhood was lacking in. It has been upgraded and renovated, and the [[cupola]] of the hexagonal recreation center was restored in 2013.<ref> ~~The park has 6.70 acres and is operated and maintained by the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]].~~ {{cite web \|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/jhoodwrightpark/pressrelease/21117 \|title=Parks Restores Historic Cupola At J. Hood Wright Recreation Center \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=March 7, 2013 \|website=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] \|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The park is supported by the Friends of J. Hood Wright Park, a neighborhood organization.<ref name=parks /> == References == '''Notes''' ~~http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M099/~~ ~~<!--- See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] on how to create references using <ref></ref> tags which will then appear here automatically -->~~ {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commonscat-inline\|J. Hood Wright Park}} [http://www.example.com/ example.com] <!--~~- Categories -~~spacing--> {{Washington Heights, Manhattan}} ▲{{coord\|40\|50\|48\|N\|73\|56\|29\|W\|display=title}} {{Protected areas of New York City}} ~~[[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]]~~ [[Category:Parks in Manhattan]] [[Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan]]